Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud – s/t (Projekt)

Towering waves of electric guitar that crash on the beach and gently recede back into the sonic ocean. Undulating swells of strings floating above slow and deliberate bass drones. Clattering percussion that accents the atmosphere one minute and drives the storm forward the next. Shimmering haze and textural fog overlaying everything. Sounds like Sigur Ros, doesn’t it? Or maybe Explosions in the Sky? Or maybe both at once. French duo Guillaume Pintout (guitars, keys) and Cyrille Holodiuk (drums, percussion), AKA Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud, clearly know their post rock playbook, manipulating their instruments with as much skill and verve as their better-known contemporaries. Joined by cellist Haluka Chimoto and bassist Damien Ossart, the duo has little difficulty evoking the aural dreamscape of a roiling ocean of emotion, tossing the boats about one moment and becalming them the next. Unsurprisingly, the record gains strength as it goes, with later tracks like “Leaves across the roads” and “The leaden sky” breathing with the most power. It’s difficult to say what ESLHaC offer that other post rock bands don’t, but at the same time, if you’re a fan of the style, you won’t be able to help but love this.

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